A Border Patrol agent pats down one of four men after the group crossed the border illegally through a gap in two walls separating Mexico from the United States before turning themselves in, Thursday,

The job of a Border Patrol agent has changed in recent months, returning to a more traditional role tracking individuals and small groups.

One by one, an ICE attorney asked Partida to move the detainees’ cases to courts closer to their new locations. All of the people who were transferred had attorneys in San Diego, including some through a county program that represents people in local immigration custody for free.

President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on illegal immigration has begun to take shape in San Diego County, as federal agents launched targeted operations to arrest undocumented immigrants and a wave of military troops got to work reinforcing U.

A panga-style boat carrying 26 people was intercepted off the coast of Oceanside, California, after it ran out of fuel, and the passengers were later transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody.

As dozens of active-duty military troops arrived along the U.S-Mexico border near San Diego within the past few days, they have become exposed to the environmental hazards many South Bay residents

U.S. officials say active duty military troops are arriving in El Paso, Texas, and in San Diego on Thursday evening.

SAN DIEGO — Long stretches of silence on a Border Patrol scanner are punctuated with updates on tracking a single migrant for hours. The radio traffic sounds like a throwback to earlier times ...

The Pentagon said it has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border, including 500 Marines from Camp Pendleton.

Approximately 300,000 people could be directly impacted by deportations, according to research from a UC San Diego researcher.

A Coast Guard crew deployed a boarding team and was able to safely take 26 people representing multiple nationalities to shore

Border Patrol Agent Gutierrez, left, escorts one of four men after the group crossed the border illegally through a gap in two walls separating Mexico from the United States before turning ...